Bronze strigil. A tool used to cleanse oneself from sweat or to remove the excess of balms or ointments from the skin. It consists of a straight handle and a curved and concave blade that facilitates the expulsion of dirt. Biological degradation The artefact does…

Marble labrum. A part of the rim is missing. Flat bottom, slightly lowered everted rim. Biological degradation The artefact does not present evident traces of biological degradation, with exception for a small portion on the back caused by an initial development of boring sponges. References…

Labrum base with lion paws at the corners. A protruding disc tops the marble base, under which a truncated cone rests on a square pedestal made of two superposed steps that create a profile between them. Four lion paws emerge at the corners of the…

Ionic capital. A part of the pulvino [impost block] and its volutes are missing; the edges of the abacus and other two volutes are chipped and the surface of one of the echinus’ sides is abraded. The echinus is carved in a quite superficial manner,…

Ara. A not finished piece. It features a square-section body with protruding top and bottom, profiled in two well-defined and different sections (straight and circular arc). Given its shape, its function could have been that of a cippus or a statue’s pedestal. Biological degradation The…

Wine amphora made in the Eastern Mediterranean. The handles form an acute angle at the upper connection to the cylindrical neck – a distinctive feature of this type. Biological degradation The amphora shows, especially in the upper part, a dense and thick whitish encrustation caused…

Fragmentary amphora, type Keay LII. Neck with the rim and one handle are preserved. Portion of the shoulder. Triangular-section, everted rim. Tapered neck that extends from shoulders that should have been attached to a globular or pear-shaped body. Pronounced handles with enlarged ribbons that were…

Fragmentary amphora, type Keay XXV. The neck is preserved, complete with handles and everted rim. This amphora type may be collocated between the type called “Africana Grande” and the later cylindrical type, always large. This type was popular between the beginning of the IV and…

Black-painted Lekane plate. Recessed rim, indistinct from the wall. Ear-shaped horizontal handles with a cylindrical section. Part of the bottom missing. Biological degradation The artefact does not present traces of biological degradation. References MEDAGLIA 2008, pp. 116-117; MEDAGLIA 2010, p. 338 ss., n. 421. Medaglia…

Marble sculpture group of Cupid (Eros, Amore) and Psyche. With all probability, it may be attributed to the shipwreck of Punta Scifo A. It was found at sea in 1926 by local fishermen, close to Punta Scifo’s beach. Cupid has no head nor forearm; Psyche…

Lead bracket with a T-profile. It is a fastening cramp for construction materials. Biological degradation The artefact does not present signs of biological colonisation. References

Curvilinear lead bracket with ends bent in opposite directions. Biological degradation The artefact does not present signs of biological colonisation. References